12-letter words containing t, o, a, h, e
- say the word — If someone says the word, they give their approval as a sign that something should start to happen.
- scatter shot — shot prepared for a weapon having a rifled bore or barrel.
- schoolmaster — a man who presides over or teaches in a school.
- section hand — a person who works on a section gang.
- sepher torah — a scroll of the Torah, typically of parchment, from which the designated Parashah is chanted or read on the prescribed days.
- share option — A share option is an opportunity for the employees of a company to buy shares at a special price.
- sharp tongue — If you say that someone has a sharp tongue, you are critical of the fact that they say things which are unkind though often clever.
- sharpshooter — a person skilled in shooting, especially with a rifle.
- shatter cone — a cone-shaped fragment of rock, probably formed by violent shock waves, as from meteoritic impact or atomic explosions
- shatterproof — designed or made to resist shattering: shatterproof glass in automobile windows.
- shawl tongue — kiltie (def 3).
- sheet anchor — Nautical. a large anchor used only in cases of emergency.
- shoe leather — treated animal skin used for shoes
- shoot a line — to try to create a false image, as by boasting or exaggerating
- shop steward — commerce: union rep
- shore patrol — (often initial capital letters) members of an organization in the U.S. Navy having police duties similar to those performed by military police. Abbreviation: SP.
- short-change — to give less than the correct change to.
- short-haired — having short hair
- short-handed — not having the usual or necessary number of workers, helpers, etc.
- shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
- show the way — guide
- shower stall — an individual compartment or self-contained unit, having a single shower and accommodating one person.
- slash pocket — a pocket set into a garment, especially below the waistline, to which easy access is provided by an exterior, vertical or diagonal slit.
- slaughterous — murderous; destructive.
- slot machine — a gambling machine operated by inserting coins into a slot and pulling a handle that activates a set of spinning symbols on wheels, the final alignment of which determines the payoff that is released into a receptacle at the bottom.
- smallclothes — men's close-fitting knee breeches of the 18th and 19th centuries
- smooth snake — any of several slender nonvenomous colubrid snakes of the European genus Coronella, esp C. austriaca, having very smooth scales and a reddish-brown coloration
- smooth-faced — beardless; smooth-shaven.
- snaggletooth — a tooth growing out beyond or apart from others.
- snowshoe cat — a breed of cat with soft short hair, blue eyes, an inverted V-shaped marking on the face, and white feet
- soft chancre — chancroid.
- soft-hearted — very sympathetic or responsive; generous in spirit: a soft-hearted judge.
- softheadedly — in a soft-headed manner
- somaesthesia — sensory perception of bodily feelings like touch, pain, position of the limbs, etc
- sophisticate — a sophisticated person.
- sought after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
- sought-after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
- south hadley — a city in W Massachusetts.
- south korean — a country in E Asia: formed 1948 after the division of the former country of Korea at 38° N. 36,600 sq. mi. (94,795 sq. km). Capital: Seoul. Compare Korea.
- south orange — a city in NE New Jersey.
- south platte — a river flowing NE from central Colorado to the Platte River in W Nebraska. 424 miles (683 km) long.
- southeastern — from the south east
- spectrograph — a spectroscope for photographing or producing a representation of a spectrum.
- sphacelation — the process of mortification
- spirochaetal — resulting from spirochaetes
- stakeholders — the holder of the stakes of a wager.
- stakhanovite — a worker in the Soviet Union who regularly surpassed production quotas and was specially honored and rewarded.
- starter home — A starter home is a small, new house or flat which is cheap enough for people who are buying their first home to afford.
- state school — A state school is a school that is controlled and funded by the government or a local authority, and which children can attend without having to pay.
- stately home — a country mansion, usually of architectural interest and often open to the public.